. The story of some French refugees and their "Azilum," 1793-1800. ana on a small ship witha company of grenadiers. They fell in with a Brit-ish sloop of war, the Hazard, whose captain he de-ceived by displaying the British flag and hailing themin good English. The British captain asked if they hadseen General de Noailles, whom they were commissioned tocapture, and de Noailles replied that he was on the same sailed together, and in the middle of the night de Noaillesran his vessel into the other, boarded her, and after a bravedefense captured her. But de Noailles was mortally wound
. The story of some French refugees and their "Azilum," 1793-1800. ana on a small ship witha company of grenadiers. They fell in with a Brit-ish sloop of war, the Hazard, whose captain he de-ceived by displaying the British flag and hailing themin good English. The British captain asked if they hadseen General de Noailles, whom they were commissioned tocapture, and de Noailles replied that he was on the same sailed together, and in the middle of the night de Noaillesran his vessel into the other, boarded her, and after a bravedefense captured her. But de Noailles was mortally woundedand died a week later, January 9, 1804, at Havana. He was so beloved that his grenadiers enclosed his heart in a silverbox, attached it to their flag, and carried it back to France. Although in early Revolutionary times he tookthe oath of fidelity to the nation, it was de Noailleswho rescued Marie Antoinette from an insultingand dangerous mob at the time of the JoyousEntry; aided by a friend, he took her up in hisarms and carried her to a place of safety. -75-. /^/Zj^V^x-A^
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